Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.

Humphrey Bogart
as Joe Gurney

Kay Francis
as Dr. Carole Nelson

James Stephenson
as Bill Stevens

John Eldredge
as Dr. Niles Nelson

Jessie Busley
as Aunt Josephine

Arthur Aylesworth
as Dr. Sanders

Raymond Brown
as Sheriff

Harland Tucker
as Mr. Ames

Ralph Remley
as Mr. Robert

Charley Foy
as Slick
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When one of his boys is saved by a young doctor, gangster "Joe" (Humphrey Bogart) pays the man a visit and thanks him with $500 and a promise (threat?) of future work. It's at one such consultation that the police swoop, the young man is killed in the melee and his now widow, fellow doctor, "Carole"...